We teach at a private, Catholic, predominately white institution. Although our school is nearly 90% white, it is not uncommon to hear our white students say that our school represents “the most diverse place” of their interactions. Getting white students who are immersed in whiteness and celebrate colorblindness to critically examine their racial interactions is a challenge to say the least.

In order for students to see the invisible, taken-for-granted racial interactions, we ask our students to keep a racial journal. We ask students to pay attention to how race and ethnicity impacts their daily interactions, and to document their qualitative field research notes in a journal.